With Japan's primary film star, Onoe Matsunosuke, The Sanjusangen temple was built by Taira-no-Kiyomori in 1164, and contains one thousand statues of the goddess Kannon. It was also said to house the Matsuda Hell Scroll, depicting the ...See moreWith Japan's primary film star, Onoe Matsunosuke, The Sanjusangen temple was built by Taira-no-Kiyomori in 1164, and contains one thousand statues of the goddess Kannon. It was also said to house the Matsuda Hell Scroll, depicting the mutilation, torture and dismemberment of tormented souls. The building of connected to a legend of the willow-tree; it is said that an ancient willow was cut down to provide timber, causing the death of the tree's spirit, who had taken human female form. Written by
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